Meriam
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #9,556
- Peak · girls
- 1923 · 35 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,391since 1897
Meriam over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Meriam has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 |
| 2017 | #6,808 | 17 |
| 2016 | #6,186 | 20 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 |
| 1947 | #2,448 | 17 |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 |
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 |
| 1934 | #1,834 | 18 |
| 1933 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 |
| 1931 | #1,686 | 21 |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 |
| 1929 | #1,953 | 18 |
| 1928 | #1,502 | 28 |
| 1927 | #1,587 | 27 |
| 1926 | #1,932 | 20 |
| 1925 | #1,409 | 33 |
| 1924 | #1,475 | 32 |
| 1923 | #1,327 | 35 |
| 1922 | #1,430 | 32 |
| 1921 | #1,821 | 23 |
| 1920 | #1,375 | 33 |
| 1919 | #1,649 | 24 |
| 1918 | #2,029 | 18 |
| 1917 | #1,377 | 29 |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 |
| 1915 | #2,050 | 15 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1897
The first year at least five girls were named Meriam! It came in at #1,555, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1901, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Meriam is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Meriam in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Meriam
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1923 at #1,327 (35 births)
- Births halved by 1932, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 34,468
- Highest: 1 in 34,468 girls born in 1923 were named Meriam (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 162,019 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 20.2% of all girls named Meriam (281) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,555 (1897) | #1,555 |
| 1900s | 15 | #1,439 (1908) | #1,517 |
| 1910s | 139 | #1,377 (1917) | #1,983 |
| 1920s | 281 | #1,327 (1923) | #1,581 |
| 1930s | 147 | #1,686 (1931) | #2,200 |
| 1940s | 122 | #2,329 (1948) | #2,844 |
| 1950s | 83 | #3,052 (1950) | #4,048 |
| 1960s | 54 | #4,272 (1963) | #5,836 |
| 1970s | 39 | #5,959 (1972) | #7,741 |
| 1980s | 64 | #6,810 (1984) | #8,715 |
| 1990s | 88 | #5,661 (1999) | #8,308 |
| 2000s | 160 | #5,822 (2001) | #7,252 |
| 2010s | 146 | #6,186 (2016) | #7,994 |
| 2020s | 48 | #8,055 (2023) | #10,362 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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